Ireland vs Portugal: Female homicide rate
Ireland
0.4192 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2023
Portugal
0.44 homicides per 100,000 population
in 2022
Ireland rank
114th
Portugal rank
113th
Female homicide rate over time
- Ireland
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.44 homicides per 100,000 population against 0.4192 homicides per 100,000 population in Ireland, a difference of 0.0208 homicides per 100,000 population.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Portugal ahead.
Ireland ranks 114th and Portugal ranks 113th of 138 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4817 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.6208 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.139 homicides per 100,000 population | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.4547 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.6835 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.2288 homicides per 100,000 population | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.3879 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.6513 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.2634 homicides per 100,000 population | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.3135 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.5059 homicides per 100,000 population | 0.1923 homicides per 100,000 population | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher female homicide rate, Ireland or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.44 homicides per 100,000 population against 0.4192 homicides per 100,000 population in Ireland as of 2022.
- What is the difference in female homicide rate between Ireland and Portugal?
- 0.0208 homicides per 100,000 population, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Portugal?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2022.
- How do Ireland and Portugal rank globally for female homicide rate?
- Ireland ranks 114th and Portugal ranks 113th of 138 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Female homicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 populationof female victims .